James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
Twin Cities Area
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Greater Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Wasioja
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Enter Marlon Brando
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Dotson
Florence Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Franconia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Green Lake Mounds
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion Depot In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Sandstone
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion School In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lost Highway 61
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jordan Brewery Complex
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Ottawa
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 48 School Near Delano
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Little Marais Inn
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Church of the Holy Cross
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Little Falls Depot
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Red Wing Iron Works
Meyer School In St Augusta
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

